Thanks for taking a moment to check out these events in our shared life & the wider world.
If you’d like something included in an upcoming newsletter, please let the office know! Reach out to office@waucc.org or 773-935-0642 (text or call).
This message is personal to Chris & Craig as we are connected to this family through our Palestine delegation community in November 2024.
On Sunday February 15th, Shadi Khoury, grandson of Sabeel cofounder Samia Khoury, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison in addition to a financial fine of 12,000 shekels. He also got a suspended sentence for 6 months. According to the sentence, Shadi must hand himself over to the prison authorities to serve his term on the 29th of March. Friends and family of Shadi have for years fought his unlawful case and attacks. Sabeel holds him and all Palestinian detainees in our prayers.
Good God, we lift to you Shadi, Shadi’s family and friends, and all Palestinian facing incarceration. We know you identify with the suffering people, especially the prisoners and captives. We know that you hear their cry; meet their anguish and despair with justice and dignity. Deliver all of us from the literal and spiritual chains of dehumanization.
Lord in your mercy…hear our prayer.
From the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center
For the next four weeks, we will be collecting donations for The People’s Music School’s Greater South Side Program. To read about the program and our continued use of Negro Spirituals to support the school, click here! Please give to Wellington’s ongoing support of Negro Spiritual Reparations by supporting The People’s Music School’s Greater South Side Program. Click the link below to donate and select “Helping Hands” from the Fund dropdown menu.
As the days grow longer and we are tempted by the return of spring, Lent is also a great time to reflect on what we wish to outgrow.
If a daily devotional reading will enrich your Lenten journey, click on the image to the left to download a copy of the UCC “Still Speaking” devotional, courtesy of the church.
Save these additional Lenten dates on your calendar!
- Peace Chapel in the Zoom Sanctuary at 7pm on Wednesday, March 4th & again on Wednesday, March 18th
- Palm Sunday Service (Zoom only) at 10:30am on Sunday, March 29th with Rev. Craig Mousin preaching
- Agape Meal/Love Feast & Footwashing Service (on-site) with First Church of the Brethren at 6:30pm on Thursday, April 2nd
EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE (hybrid) – 10:30AM – APRIL 5TH
With special music & the joy of all three congregations joining together in worship
Book Club
Saturday, February 21st
at 10am on Zoom
“A National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner, now a major TV series, about Cora, a slave who escapes a Georgia plantation via a literal underground train system, facing dangers across states while pursued by a relentless slave catcher.”
Invite a friend to join us!
Bring your coffee, bring your tea, or even just bring a big glass of water and join us for a time of fellowship and conversation.
Dave Safeblade is our host – and this week we’ll be discussing a chapter from The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before you. Click HERE for the reading. All are welcome!
Donna Morris &
Jordan Dobrowski are co-hosting
February’s Last Supper – and making it fancy!
Join them on Saturday, February 28th for our first ever
BLACK TIE LAST SUPPER!
**ONLY ONE SEAT REMAINS!**
Held at Donna’s home in Oak Park.
Full event details can be found here!
As we begin LENT, this music video will lead you into “leaning in” to prayer.
Leaning In
by Christopher Grundy
Sometimes you just need a document!
Click below if you’re looking for:
- This Sunday’s BULLETIN
- The latest version of the CHURCH DIRECTORY
- The approved CHURCH COUNCIL MINUTES (Jan mtg)
- Buying something for church? Remember that it’s tax-exempt! CLICK HERE for a copy of the form.
- Need to be reimbursed for a church expense? Download a Wellington REIMBURSEMENT FORM and submit it to the Church Office!
Copyright © 2026 Wellington UCC, All rights reserved.
0 Comments